Michael Biehn
Acting
Michael Connell Biehn is an American actor whose work in 1980s and 1990s genre cinema helped define the modern action and science-fiction lead. He is most closely associated with James Cameron’s films, where he repeatedly embodied hardened, battle-tested characters grounded in realism rather than spectacle, most famously Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Corporal Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss (1989). Those performances became blueprints for the emotionally restrained, competent action hero and continue to influence how military and sci-fi protagonists are…
Filmography
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Onslaught
2026
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025
Rippy
2024
The Lockdown
2024
Aliens Expanded
2024
Terminator: Hunter Killer
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Red Handed
2020
Killer Weekend
2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
The Mandalorian
2019
#NoJoke
2019
She Rises
2017
The Shadow Effect
2017
The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story
2016
The Night Visitor
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
Hidden in the Woods
2014
The Girl
2014
Tapped Out
2014
The Legend of DarkHorse County
2014
Treachery
2013
Sushi Girl
2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
Among Friends
2012
The Divide
2012
From Darkness
2011
Yellow Rock
2011
Jacob
2011
Puncture
2011
The Victim
2011
Take Me Home Tonight
2011
The Walking Dead
2010
Bereavement
2010
The Blood Bond
2010
Psych:9
2010
Dark Blue
2009
Streets of Blood
2009
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
Stiletto
2008
They Wait
2007
Planet Terror
2007
Grindhouse
2007
Spin
2007
The Insatiable
2006
The Legend of Butch & Sundance
2006
Dragon Squad
2005
Havoc
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Hawaii
2004
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Borderline
2002
The Alien Saga
2002
Adventure Inc.
2002
Clockstoppers
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
Alien Evolution
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
2001
Cherry Falls
2000
The Art of War
2000
Chain of Command
2000
Silver Wolf
1999
Susan's Plan
1998
American Dragons
1998
The Magnificent Seven
1998
The Ride
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
Asteroid
1997
Asteroid
Asteroid
1997
Mojave Moon
1996
The Rock
1996
Conundrum
1996
Jade
1995
Blood of the Hunter
1995
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
Breach of Trust
1995
Deep Red
1994